Eastern Swept by Washington State

Eagles fall to 17-10 overall with loss to Cougars, but will try
to wrap-up second in the Big Sky Conference this Saturday in
Sacramento

Eastern Washington University hit just .088 and fell to
Washington State 3-0 in a non-conference collegiate volleyball
match Tuesday (Nov. 17) in Pullman, Wash. The scores were 25-20,
25-13, 25-21.

Now 17-10 on the season, the Eagles still have one match to
prepare for the upcoming Big Sky Conference Tournament it will host
Nov. 27-28. That will be against Sacramento State on Saturday (Nov.
21) in the last Big Sky regular season match of the season for the
Eagles. They can wrap-up second place in the league with a victory.

Eastern's Hayley Hills had team highs with nine
kills and 13 digs against WSU, but she was held to a .121 hitting
percentage. JaNae Mortensen added 12 digs and
Chenoa Coviare chipped in eight kills. Eastern was
out-blocked 8-2 in the match.

Eastern will host the four-team Big Sky Conference Championships
on Nov. 27-28 at Reese Court. The top four schools in the standings
will battle for their chance at an automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
If the season ended today, Portland State (13-2, 19-7) would be the
No. 1 seed and host No. 4 Montana (8-6, 12-13) in the 5 p.m. game.
The No. 2 seed would be Eastern (11-4, 17-10) and they would play
Northern Colorado (11-4, 18-11) at 7 p.m.. The winner s of the
semifinals will play in the title game, with that winner earning
the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, which starts
the following weekend.

The Eagles previously hosted the tournament in 2004, 2003, 2002
and 1989.